Real Words Without Definition
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A normal word with something added to the front or the back.
You can read these without being told what they mean. lifehood is life plus -hood. citydom is city plus -dom. musicproof is music plus -proof. Around 21,753 words in the list carry a prefix like un-, non-, over- or anti-.
Nothing is wrong with them. No dictionary bothered to list them because the meaning is obvious from the parts.
24,323 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
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| Word, sorted Z to A | How it is built |
|---|---|
| cardanic | Cardan + -ic, of the Cardan joint |
| cardinalated | cardinalate + -ed, raised to cardinal |
| cardinalism | cardinal + -ism |
| cardinalitian | cardinal + -itian, of cardinals |
| careeristic | careerist + -ic |
| caricographer | caricography + -er, writer on sedges |
| carlage | carl + -age, churlish behaviour |
| carlishness | carlish (churlish) + -ness |
| carminette | carmine + -ette |
| carnacian | Carnac + -ian, of the Breton megaliths |
| carnivaler | carnival + -er |
| carnivaller | carnival + -ler |
| carombolette | carambole + -ette, a billiard game |
| carraran | Carrara + -an, of Carrara marble |
| cartellist | cartel + -ist |
| carucal | caruca (plough) + -al |
| carucated | carucate + -ed, measured in carucates |
| carvership | carver + -ship |
| cashableness | cashable + -ness |
| cashment | cash + -ment, act of cashing |
| casketlike | casket + -like |
| castorial | castor + -ial, of castoreum |
| castorized | castor + -ized, treated with beaver fur |
| casuistess | casuist + -ess |
| catachthonic | cata- + chthonic, of the underworld |
| cataclasmic | cataclasm + -ic |
| catalogist | catalog + -ist |
| catalogistic | catalogist + -ic |
| cataloguish | catalogue + -ish |
| cataloguist | catalogue + -ist |
| catalyzator | catalyze + -ator, a catalyzer |
| cataphrygianism | Cataphrygian + -ism |
| cataphysic | cata- + physic, contrary to nature |
| cataractine | cataract + -ine, of a waterfall |
| cataractwise | cataract + -wise, in the manner of a cataract |
| catarrhed | catarrh + -ed, affected with catarrh |
| catchpolery | catchpole + -ry, a bailiff's practice |
| catchpoleship | catchpole + -ship, office of a catchpole |
| catchpollery | catchpoll + -ery, a bailiff's practice |
| catechisable | catechise + -able |
| catechumenically | catechumenical + -ly |
| catercornerways | catercorner + -ways, diagonally |
| cateringly | catering + -ly |
| catharticalness | cathartical + -ness |
| cathodical | cathode + -ical |
| catholiciser | catholicise + -er |
| catholicist | catholic + -ist, adherent of Catholicism |
| catkinate | catkin + -ate, bearing catkins |
| catoism | Cato + -ism, austere severity |
| catonism | Cato(n-) + -ism, rigid austerity |
| catter | cat + -er, one who cats an anchor |
| caudatory | cauda + -tory, of the tail; a train-bearer |
| caustify | caustic + -ify, to make caustic |
| caveatee | caveat + -ee, one against whom a caveat is filed |
| cavilingness | cavil + -ingness, disposition to cavil |
| cavillatory | cavil + -atory, given to caviling |
| cavillingly | cavilling + -ly |
| cavillingness | cavilling + -ness |
| celibatic | celibate + -ic |
| cellated | cell + -ated, furnished with cells |
| celloid | cell + -oid, cell-like |
| cellulosity | cellulose + -ity, cellular quality |
| celtologue | Celt + -ologue, a student of Celtic |
| cenobian | cenoby + -an, of a monastic community |
| cenogenetically | cenogenetic + -ally |
| censerless | censer + -less |
| centaurial | centaur + -ial |
| centauric | centaur + -ic |
| centeredly | centered + -ly |
| centerer | center + -er, one who or that which centers |
| centerwise | center + -wise |
| centiplume | centi- + plume, hundred-plumed |
| centrifugaller | centrifugal + -er, worker who runs centrifugals |
| cerberic | Cerberus + -ic, of Cerberus |
| cerealism | cereal + -ism, a diet or cult of cereals |
| cerebrize | cerebr- + -ize, to use the brain, to think |
| ceremoniary | ceremony + -ary, a master of ceremonies |
| cerographer | cerograph + -er, a wax engraver |
| cessantly | cessant + -ly, ceasingly |
| cessionee | cession + -ee, one to whom a cession is made |
| chairer | chair + -er, one who chairs |
| chaiseless | chaise + -less, having no chaise |
| chamberlainry | chamberlain + -ry, the office of chamberlain |
| chamoisette | chamois + -ette, imitation chamois fabric |
| chancefulness | chanceful + -ness |
| chanceled | chancel + -ed, furnished with a chancel |
| chancellorate | chancellor + -ate, the office of chancellor |
| channelly | channel + -ly, grooved, furrowed |
| channelure | channel + -ure, a groove or channelling |
| chapelize | chapel + -ize, to furnish with a chapel |
| chapellage | chapel + -age, dues paid to a chapel |
| chapfallenly | chapfallen + -ly, dejectedly |
| chapteral | chapter + -al, of an ecclesiastical chapter |
| characterial | character + -ial, pertaining to character |
| characterical | character + -ical |
| charcoalist | charcoal + -ist, an artist in charcoal |
| charlatanistic | charlatan + -istic |
| charmwise | charm + -wise, by way of a charm |
| charterism | charter + -ism, Chartism |
| charterist | charter + -ist, a Chartist |
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